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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fcv is a good club but with all of the options in ecnl, with a fairly consensus opinion that ecnl is the better league, why keep trying to prop up GA. Let it go so talent can concentrate in one league. I see no need to continue to dilute the talent in this area other than FCV the coaches wanting to retain their paychecks. [/quote]

Fairly sure the federation tried to come to ECNL and request they conform to some things and the ECNL did not want to prior to them attempting to establish the DA.  The future may hold a time where the federation does it again but I highly doubt it.  Might take another few early exits from the world stage before people start seeing that international soccer and what is played here are not the same.  The boys side has improved due to MLS Next but we have yet to see anything similar with NWSL and I don't mean any NWSL teams that have youth academies.[/quote]

MLSnext works because MLS teams have inherent credibility as does their brand. When a youth academy is associated with a pro team, it will attract the best talent in the area and when those teams invite other clubs to play them, that will become the top league. I don't think it's a stretch to say that the NWSL does not have that kind of credibility. As long as ECNL teams place girls on college rosters (which is the goal on the girls side), they will still get the top players. Realistically, then number of players and clubs concerned with the performance of the women's national team is so small that it just doesn't factor [/quote]

Agreed.  The NWSL over time may gain more credibility but that depends on how much money can they generate and reinvest if they choose.  If they ever get to the point of creating enough revenue where they can establish their own version of MLS Next and offer some fully funded academies it may change some things.  The success of the YNT on the boys side has come from primarily fully funded MLS Next academies that draw talent like you say and have found success as of late.[/quote]

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